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Chapter 333 Governing the Hetao

A major event was finalized, and Yanmen was filled with joy. Who wouldn’t welcome the doctor who was so skillful to rejuvenate? What’s more, if you continue for so long, there are probably ten, twenty, and one hundred such doctors, which can be said to be beneficial to the country and the people.

A while has passed, and Zhu Ye and Qian Ning still need to rest at home. During this cold winter, it is inconvenient to go out. However, the poison in Liu He's body has been basically eliminated. Although the person is still a little weak, it is basically fine. Therefore, he has returned to his daily office and martial arts practice.

Liu He made a special trip to call Cui Jun, Shi Tao, Meng Jian, Qian Li, Guan Yu, Cheng Liang, Zhang Yong, Ye Xiang, Gao Shun and others, preparing to discuss and resolve the military and political affairs that have been accumulated during this period.

On the table, tall bamboo slips were piled up.

Liu He looked through it one by one, sometimes solemn, sometimes meditating, sometimes showing sadness.

"All the lost land has been recovered, and it is indeed time for the officials sent to various counties to be appointed. Otherwise, there would be no one to manage it. Even if there is a tax exemption policy set before, the caravans would not dare to go there. It was just that it was difficult to gather so many local officials for a while. It was really a headache..."

Guan Yu and others were not good at government affairs, so they did not speak.

Meng Jian looked calm and said solemnly: "This matter can be handled in three steps."

Liu He was originally frowning, but when he heard that he had a solution, he hurriedly asked: "Oh? Which three steps?"

"The first step is to call current officials to Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Shuofang, Shangjun, Yanmen, Dingxiang, and other places. However, because the Hu people are rampant, many local officials are unable to take office. They have returned to their capitals one after another for several months. Although these people may not be competent enough, there is a lord issuing a decree and a large army left behind. They will not make any mistakes in their actions as per the orders. Therefore, the lord's people can be temporarily transferred to those places where the lord has been abandoned for a long time and no officials have been sent by the court."

"The second step is, after a period of time, from the original group of officials, select people with both moral integrity and ability, promote and transfer, replace the lord's men, and slowly take back the lord's side. They also give those officials a fair attitude to win their hearts."

"The third step is the longest, selecting, training new people, and allocating them one by one. If these three steps are accomplished, the lord's government will be able to go back and forth. Even if there are many counties in the future, you can do this as you want, and you will not make any major mistakes."

Cui Jun nodded and said, "This matter cannot be completely solved in a short time. Gongwei suggested that you take good care of old people, new people, and relatives from afar, which is an excellent plan."

Liu He thought for a while and said, "Well, let's do as it should. Transfer Zhao Ziyu to Dingxiang as the county magistrate, Huo Zixi to Yunzhong County magistrate, Guangyuan and Gongwei worked harder, so go to Shangjun and Shuofang County. However, these two places have been deserted for the longest time, and it is difficult for you to support me alone, so I will send Zhang Dexing and Su Yuansheng as the chief minister. As for Wuyuan County, I will hand it over to you."

Qian Li did not directly agree: "Report to the lord, my subordinates want to ask for a few people from the lord, and take the post with my subordinates."

Liu He rubbed his temples: "Who do you want to take?"

"I want to take Moda Mowende, Zhao Kui and Zhao Mingliang, Zhan Lian and Zhan Qingyuan away."

Liu He was stunned and his expression moved: "It seems that my brother has done a lot of homework these days."

Qian Li felt a little embarrassed when he praised this.

"The lord committee member has an important task, but his subordinates dare not do anything. The fertile land along the Yellow River is a fertile land, whether it is farming or grazing, it is a treasure land. Mo Wende is proficient in the art of raising horses and raising horses, Zhao Mingliang is good at raising various livestock, and Zhan Qingyuan is now unparalleled in the world when he farms. With the three of them, his subordinates believe that in less than two years, my Wuyuan County will be able to raise hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of soldiers!"

Just as Liu He was about to agree, Shi Tao shouted: "No. In terms of the vast grassland and the fertile land, our Shuofang County is much larger than Wuyuan County. The Huns and Xianbei have been competing for many years, and it is actually the Hetao area. In fact, Shuofang County is the main one. I think these three people are better off with me Shi and I to Shuofang to take their posts."

"This...this...I..."

Qian Li has always been a little shy. When Shi Tao said this, he felt that it made sense, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

"Okay, OK, Guangyuan, don't bully Daojun brother."

Liu He and Qian Li grew up together since childhood. Their friendship and understanding of each other are almost second only to Liu He and Guan Yu and others. Naturally, they know Qian Li's character and quickly came forward to smooth things over.

"Wuyuan and Shuofang are already adjacent. Mo, Zhao and Zhan are not the titles of local officials, so I will send them to you to assist. The hundreds of thousands of livestock seized this time were specially left to Yuanqing and Boping. Now they are all in Guangmu City. Zhao Kui has also achieved some results in grazing in Qiangyin County. Based on these livestock, it is necessary to properly manage Wuyuan County and Shuofang County. In the future, our army's food, grass, cattle, sheep, and horse supply will depend on you."

"Here, lord, don't worry!"

Qian Li and Shi Tao promised.

With their group of people going, Liu He was full of confidence. Once this matter was done, the soldiers in his army would be afraid that they would have meat to eat every day. With this condition alone, they would have the advantage when recruiting soldiers. The intensity of training in the future can be greatly improved, and their strength can be restored as quickly as possible. What else can they fear at that time?

"Lord, this matter is probably not so easy. If you want to develop agriculture, mulberry and animal husbandry in this Hetao area, one thing must be solved."

Cui Jun suddenly said.

Liu He thought for a while: "Well? The military advisor is talking about the flooding of the Yellow River? The military advisor once mentioned this, and it is indeed a big trouble."

When Shi Tao heard this, he frowned: "It's because his subordinates are negligent. The Yellow River bed is higher than the ground, and the river water breaks through the river embankment all year round, and it has become a disaster. If this matter is not resolved, the fertile soil on both sides of the shore will be difficult to utilize, so they can only stay away from the river bank. This will waste a large area of ​​land and it will be difficult to achieve results in farming and grazing."

"Lord, Jun remembers that in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in Shuofang County, there is a huge water lake called Tushenze. If you can use this lake to develop and build water conservancy, you can introduce the surging water of the Yellow River into it and then irrigate it, which may improve the water damage."

Cui Jun's suggestion was approved by everyone.

"Well, Zhouping's proposal is very good. But I am not good at water conservancy, and the project is huge and involves a lot. I am afraid that it will be possible to complete it from the upstream, build multiple water conservancy along the Yellow River, and supplement it with other means. The cost is really unimaginable."

What Shi Tao said also made everyone nod.

Liu He, based on what he saw, heard with his own eyes, combined with the knowledge he learned in his previous life, knew that even in the middle and lower reaches of this era, the riverbed was only slightly higher, and it did not become a real river hanging on the ground, and the mud and sand in the river water were far less than that in his previous life.

The problem of flooding of the Yellow River is ultimately a problem of silt and sand. A large amount of silt and sand on the loess high slopes entered the Yellow River and silted on the riverbed. With countless years of erosion, although there were fertile impact plains, the riverbed and embankments gradually rose, and finally formed the Yellow River water breaking through the embankment, as if it was pouring out of the sky.

The disappearance of grass and soil on the Loess Plateau, and the flow of water and soil into the Yellow River, is inseparable from the overgrazing of the nomadic peoples in the north for thousands of years. There are more and more livestock, and the original turf is gnawed less and less. When this grass disappears, they will continue to live in another grassland and are completely unresponsible for the land they live in.
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